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The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) is the department of the government of New York City [3] that supports youth and their families through a range of youth and community development programs, and administers city, state and federal funds to community-based organizations. [4]
The New York Youth Symphony (NYYS), founded in 1963, is a music organization for the youth in New York City, [1] widely reputed to be one of the best of its kind in the nation and world. Its programs include its flagship Orchestra, Chamber Music, Jazz, Apprentice Conducting, Composition, and Musical Theater Songwriting Programs. Its members ...
TADA! Youth Theater produces three original musical theater productions a year, offering pre-professional training through the Resident Youth Ensemble composed of over 80 New York City kids ages 8–18, in-school Arts Education residencies and after-school programs, and theater classes for kids of all ages taught by professional teaching artists and for which need-based scholarships are available.
The organization operates two workforce development programs—Summer Youth Employment and In-School Training & Employment Program, where teenagers can receive volunteer internships and summer jobs. There is also a Juvenile Justice and Re-Entry Services Program to addresses New York City's high school dropout rate.
The Renaissance Youth Center is a Bronx-based nonprofit founded in 2001. [2] Renaissance has more than 30 public schools in New York City. [3] [4] The Renaissance Youth Center offers programs in education, music, sports, and civic engagement. [5]
The Heckscher Foundation for Children was founded in 1921 by German-born industrialist, financier and philanthropist August Heckscher.Responding to a request for a donation for the purchase of a bus by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, August Heckscher donated a Manhattan property on Fifth Avenue from 104th to 105th Street that opened as The Heckscher Foundation for ...
Harlem Children's Zone and Promise Academy. Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ) is an education and poverty-fighting organization based in New York City. Founded by Geoffrey Canada and led by its current CEO, Kwame Owusu-Kesse, HCZ pioneered the model of place-based, cradle-to-career services that empower young people and families from under-resourced backgrounds to achieve life-changing social and ...
Row New York is a non-profit organization based in New York City focused on empowering youth through the sport of rowing. The organization offers a variety of rowing programs for youth, People with Disabilities and Veterans. The founding focus of Row New York is its rowing program for New York City girls from under-resourced neighborhoods.